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Hello Beekeepers,I had a really great first year with my bees, but sadly they did not over winter. So I would like to start again this year. If possible I would like to find a swarm or cheaper bee…Continue

Hello Beekeepers,I had a really great first year with my bees, but sadly they did not over winter. So I would like to start again this year. If possible I would like to find a swarm or cheaper bee…Continue

Hello Beekeepers, I had a really great first year with my bees, but sadly they did not over winter. So I would like to start again this year. If possible I would like to find a swarm or cheaper bee…Continue

"Congrats on the find! I have a top bar that I thought the bees were strong enough to over winter but noticed last week that they were all gone. So I harvested all my honey. Please let me know if you happen to see another swarm.…"

"Thanks! Yeah i definitely learned a lot and won't let the minor set back stop me. I just wish I would have taken more honey from them before the winter season. I wanted them to have the stores to survive. Next time I will move them…"

"looks like you may have taken action toooo late..sorry for the loss,i think I
kinda know how you feel,im sure you learned a lot from this and that's what
prepares us for the next swarm...hang in there,spring is around the way.
I would keep your…"

"It wasn't other bees that robbed my hive it was the yellow jackets! I went through my hive and killed every last one of them. It only took a week too. The strange thing was that there was not even 10 thousand dead bees it is almost as if…"

"like I said while ur bees were locked up for a day or two I would have put out a trap
where my hive used to be...but before I release the bees I would move the trap some yards away
from where the honeybees used to be, some of your…"

"My question is how much damage can yellow jackets do to my hive. This is my first year, however they are very strong I went from 0 combs to over 25 bars, 10 of which are full of honey. I did not take to much from them because I wanted…"